{"id":9830,"date":"2026-06-13T00:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=9830"},"modified":"2026-06-13T00:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T07:39:55","slug":"sierra-gallows-erected-for-mining-claim-jumper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/sierra-gallows-erected-for-mining-claim-jumper\/","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Gallows Erected for Mining Claim Jumper"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Marilyn

Marilyn Monroe<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

Lucy was my voluptuous blonde girlfriend in the 1990s. She appeared and spoke so breathlessly like Marilyn Monroe, I once had to sneak a peek at her driver’s license to dispell my suspicion that maybe Ms. Monroe did not die in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

Fascinated by California Gold Rush history, Lucy had us join a State Parks tour near Placerville, formerly named “Hangtown.”<\/p>\n

The guide was slowly relating a story of a famous Oak tree in Greenwood Valley, near Auburn, where many scoundrels’ lives ended to community approval.<\/p>\n

He described one particular rascal, a mining claim jumper, who was caught and brought to justice.
\nOur Guide told of the Oak where a makeshift gallows was erected. Too eagerly, Lucy blurted out “Was he hung?”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

To which the guide stopped, slowly turned towards Lucy and sagely replied “I can’t say ma’am. But he was hanged.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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